PwC Internship Experience
Student Name: Aastha Ghosh
Current Course: MSQE
Degree Before Masters: Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics
Company Name: PwC
Job Role: Technology Consultant
Duration of the Job Role: 2-3 Month Internship
Hiring Process Overview:
After CV shortlisting, they took 3 rounds of interview
Questions Asked in Online Aptitude Test (if applicable):
General case study based, on projects done in bachelor’s, questions on saving and spending of people, then lastly HR interview
Number of Interview Rounds:
More than 2
Questions Asked in Round 1:
Give an introduction, what are your interests, then asked some questions on coding, all these were case based questions: ways to improve the code, error handling, efficiency, etc.
then they gave me a hypothetical situation: what if my company sales are not accelerating, despite good advertisements and all, things are not improving, what are the possible causes, how to improve the situation without affecting the company’s profits.
Questions Asked in Round 2:
Describe the projects i have done in bachelor’s and then they randomly picked one and asked me to describe it in more details, asked me questions on the relevant concepts, like, how the data was collected, was the method authentic, then the tools used to do the analysis, conclusion drawn, was the final result satisfactory, is it relevant always, etc
(this section was pretty long for me)
finally asked me few questions on my take on spending-saving culture, comparison with usa, how and why is different.
what’s my take on job-life balance, how I would chalk out time between both, etc
(2nd round was a bit lengthy in general for me)
Questions Asked in Further Rounds:
HR round, he asked me questions on my hobbies, asked me the JD, etc
Job Role Experience:
Suggestions for Candidates (including resources, books, websites):
Revise the projects done in bachelor’s, relevant concepts, be outright and confident, read the JD for HR round
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Previous Job Role (if applicable):